This page lists past presidents of the Association.
| Year | Name of President | Association Name |
| 2024-2025 | Tallie Casucci, Salt Lake City, UT | PTRCA |
| 2023-2024 | Donna Arment, Durango, CO | PTRCA |
| 2022-2023 | Dave Zwicky, West Lafayette, IN | PTRCA |
| 2021-2022 | Sharyl Overhiser, Philadelphia, PA | PTRCA |
| 2020-2021 | Rebecca M. (Missy) Murphey, Orlando, FL | PTRCA |
| 2019-2020 | Jared Hoppenfeld, College Station, TX | PTRCA |
| 2018-2019 | Dave Zwicky, West Lafayette, IN | PTRCA |
| 2016-2018 | Lisha Li, Atlanta, GA | PTRCA |
| 2015–2016 | Karen Kitchens, Cheyenne, WY | PTRCA |
| 2014–2015 | Spruce Fraser, Saint Louis, MO | PTRCA |
| 2013–2014 | Ran Raider, Dayton, OH | PTRCA |
| 2012–2013 | Walt Johnson, Minneapolis, MN | PTRCA |
| 2011–2012 | Marian Armour Gemmen, Morgantown, WV | PTDLA |
| 2010–2011 | Robert Klein, Miami, FL | PTDLA |
| 2009–2010 | Andrew Wohrley, Auburn, AL | PTDLA |
| 2008–2009 | Karon King, Des Moines, IA | PTDLA |
| 2007–2008 | Leena Lalwani, Ann Arbor, MI | PTDLA |
| 2006–2007 | Jan Comfort, Clemson, SC | PTDLA |
| 2005–2006 | Nan Myers, Wichita, KS | PTDLA |
| 2004–2005 | Charlotte Erdmann, West Lafayette, IN | PTDLA |
| 2003–2004 | Thomas Melvin, Newark, DE | PTDLA |
| 2002–2003 | Claudine Jenda, Auburn, AL | PTDLA |
| 2001–2002 | Claudine Jenda, Auburn, AL | PTDLA |
| 2001–03-05-01 | Julia Crawford, Stillwater, OK | PTDLA |
| 2000–2001 | Jane Running, Springfield, IL | PTDLA |
| 1999–2000 | Dave Morrison, Salt Lake City, UT | PTDLA |
| 1998–1999 | Carol Giles, St. Louis, MO | PTDLA |
| 1997–1998 | Donna Hanson, Moscow, ID | PTDLA |
| 1996–1997 | Robert C. Williams, Anchorage, AK | PTDLA |
| 1995–1996 | Jennifer Pastenbaugh, Stillwater, OK | PTDLA |
| 1994–1995 | Kevin Harwell, University Park, PA | PTDLA |
| 1993–1994 | Diane Richmond, Chicago, IL | PTDLA |
| 1992–1993 | Neil Massong, Detroit, MI | PTDLA |
| 1991–1992 | Tom Andersen, Sacramento, CA | PTDLA |
| 1990–1991 | Rosemary Dahmann | PDLA (Patent Depository Library Association) |
| 1989–1990 | Ted Cebula, Milwaukee, WI | PDLA |
| 1988–1989 | Jeanne Oliver, Springfield, IL | PDLA |
| 1987–1988 | Billie Connor, Los Angeles, CA | PDLA |
| 1986–1987 | John Phillips, Stillwater, OK | PDLAC (Patent Depository Library Advisory Council) |
| 1985–1986 | Barbara Kile, Houston, TX | PDLAC |
| 1984–1985 | Jim Arshem, Denver, CO | PDLAC |
| 1983–1984 | Charles Wilt, Philadelphia, PA | PDLAC |
| Sept. 1983 | All Libraries | PDLAC officially formed |
| 1977–1982 | All Libraries | USPTO/Patent Depository Libraries Annual Meetings with USPTO |
| 1977 | All Libraries | First Annual Meeting of Patent Depository Libraries with USPTO |